Example sentences of "[noun] it once have " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a conference organized in June 1950 by the Liturgical Institute of Trier , a lecture by Romano Guardini led to a resolution calling upon the German bishops to request Rome to move the long Holy Saturday service from the early morning to the late evening , thus again making it the vigil service it once had been . |
| 2 | The marbles are still rich and some of the mosaics are visible , but in general the colour is disappointingly dark and dull , showing little of the brilliance it once had . |
| 3 | It is not simply that the former communist societies in Eastern Europe were characterized , to a greater or lesser extent , by relative economic backwardness and political authoritarianism , and consequently had little appeal as models for the future development of any advanced industrial society , but that the democratic socialism of social democratic and labour parties in the capitalist world , despite its real achievements in improving the conditions of life of the working class , has come to be more critically judged as tending to promote an excessive centralization of decision making , growth of bureaucracy and regulation of the lives of individuals , and has lost something of the persuasive character it once had as a movement aiming to create a new civilization . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , somehow Rogers and Thomas got the message across that TB was hardly the scourge it once had been and there was really no reason not to laugh at those who were generally prepared to laugh at themselves , although there were serious moments too . |
| 5 | It lacks the vision , the panache , the self-confidence it once had under Mrs Thatcher , before she went sour . |